What's the best TV show you've ever seen?! [Archive]

doc_bean

07-10-2005, 21:08

I seem to like cartoons: The Simpsons, Family Guy, the very underrated Futurama, South Park etc.

In the non-cartoon section, i used to be a big fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but only the first three seasons are worth watching. (Maybe it was because i got older).

I don't really watch anything regularly anymore.

Kääpäkorven Konsuli

07-10-2005, 21:30

Kummeli
No matter what version, every one of those is great.

King Ragnar

07-10-2005, 21:55

The Simpsons
Futurama
Malcom in The middle
Farther Ted

All really funny shows ~D

Colovion

07-10-2005, 22:10

i usually like shows that have slightly more intelligent/creative writing than other shows.

seinfeld
curb your enthusiasm
gilmour girls
the passionate eye

Quietus

07-10-2005, 22:15

Show (as in fictional).

1) In Living Colour.

2) The Simpsons. ~:)

Kongamato

07-10-2005, 22:23

The Shield (current favorite)
MacGyver
COPS
ST:TNG, DS9
The Simpsons
The X-Files

Steppe Merc

07-10-2005, 23:15

Best: Lost. Awesome plot, awesome cast, just an incredible show.
Alias is also good, but not nearly as good as Lost (the creator should do all the shows for ABC, so they can stop doing all those damn reality shows). But Jennifer Garner is hot. ~D

I also like Seinfeld...

Clear winner: Deep Space 9
Good show. I haven't been able to see much of it, but when I can catch it, I quite like it. I also like TNG. I've seen some of the original, but it's a bit hard for me to get past the effects and Captain Kirk's interesting style of acting.

Beirut

07-10-2005, 23:33

Star Trek (all of them)
Homicide- Life on the street
West Wing
Six Million Dollar Man
Flinstones
Simpsons
South Park
Monty Python

...and so many more.

lars573

07-10-2005, 23:37

Firefly (under rated and awesome)
Transformers (first series)
Doctor Who
Justice League Unlimited (watch "The Clash" "Question authority" "Flashpoint" "Panic in the sky" or "Divided We Fall" and tell me I'm wrong)
Futurama
Titus
Star Trek: DS9
Battlestar Galactica (new version)

professorspatula

07-10-2005, 23:47

Quincy

All hail the champion of justice! Just because someone has been stabbed to death 100 times by someone covered in blood who confesses to the murder, doesn't mean they did it. The knife attack may not have killed the victim until a fly landed on the dying man's head, and the additional weight of the fly was enough to finish them off, thus saving the other man from the death sentence. Most coroners would miss such details when writing their reports, but not our Quincy. Faultless dedication to his work. Plus despite chopping up dead bodies all day, he still manages to pull the birds. An inspiration and hero to us all.

After Quincy ended, they should have stopped making television programs altogether! The quality of programming took a sharp nosedive afterwards. I've seen Diagnosis Murder, so I know what I'm talking about.

Mongoose

07-10-2005, 23:56

ROFL!

I would say...king of the hill...

ichi

07-11-2005, 00:08

The Simpsons is not only the best TV ever, it is also the height of Western Civilization. Everything else is downhill from here.

ichi :bow:

Big_John

07-11-2005, 00:22

by far and away, wholey unquestioned, #1 is mr. show

seinfeld is a solid 2

sttng (esp. the later seasons) is 3

others in the pack include: ds9, south park (the earlier seasons), angel, firefly, married with children, the simpsons, the x-files, the rockford files, the shield, magnum p.i., the brak show, athf, and sealab. there may be others.

Beirut

07-11-2005, 00:39

Big John,

When you say Sealab, do you mean the cartoon Sealab 2020? I loved that one.

Johny Quest too. Underdog, Penelope Pitstop, and The Banana Splits. Great stuff. Even H.R. Puff'un'stuff. Guess I'm showing my age a bit here.

How about Kookla, Fran, and Olie on Sunday afternoons, anyone else remember that?

Big_John

07-11-2005, 00:57

When you say Sealab, do you mean the cartoon Sealab 2020?no. i'm talking about the adult swim program sealab 2021, inspired by sealab 2020 (with which i am unfamiliar).

Azi Tohak

07-11-2005, 01:11

Eww....I've seen Friends and Seinfeld way too much on this thread. Time to help pull it up ~;)

I like the early Family Guy (the new ones I am something less than impressed with), when South Park does satire (the news and afghanastan episodes come to mind), old simpsons, Gilmore Girls, History Channel specials.

And of course, as an American male, football! College, not NFL mind you. Except John Madden.

Azi

Sjakihata

07-11-2005, 01:23

Startrek

Crazed Rabbit

07-11-2005, 01:31

The Simpsons

There are many subtle allusions to past events, not to mention great writing, (voice) acting, and great characters. The first couple seasons weren't the best though.

Crazed Rabbit

Tribesman

07-11-2005, 01:40

G.B.H.
Boys from the Blackstuff

Gregoshi

07-11-2005, 06:23

In my book, Babylon 5 is the best TV show I've ever seen.

For comedy, The Simpsons and Monty Python sit atop the heap.

edyzmedieval

07-11-2005, 07:39

Forgot 2 shows that I like very much

1. M.A.S.H.(darn awesome, ROFL and LMAO when I see an episode)
2. Anamaniacs ~D (showing my age, as Beirut said)

Krusader

07-11-2005, 08:43

Like many shows, but my favourites:

Babylon 5
MADtv
Blackadder
Invader Zim ~D

JAG

07-11-2005, 08:46

I guess I am as boring as most others as I have to say - The Simpsons.

swirly_the_toilet_fish

07-25-2005, 05:40

1) The Simpsons - somewhat untame and unruly in the beginning, now the most timid adult cartoon series
2) Family Guy - off topic humor, violence, american liberal family
3) Anything on the History Channel

I'm sure this will upset someone. :beam:

Roark

07-25-2005, 05:51

1. The League of Gentlemen
2. I Am Not an Animal
3. The Simpsons

Ronin

07-25-2005, 09:03

i forgot about Scrubs....ohhh shame on me...

the best tv show of the last 10 years bar none.

Geoffrey S

07-25-2005, 11:22

1. Brideshead Revisited
2. Auf Wiedersehen Pet (only seen the last 3 seasons)
3. Star Trek Enterprise (after the first season)

King Edward

07-25-2005, 11:29

RED DWARF!!!!
Blackadder
DS9
Simpsons
Will and Grace

King Henry V

07-25-2005, 13:58

Blackadder
My Family
Dead Ringers
Have I got News for You
Spooks
Goodness Gracious Me

scooter_the_shooter

07-25-2005, 15:04

Friends

MASH

King of the hill

Every Body Loves Raymond

scooter_the_shooter

07-25-2005, 15:09

Friends

MASH

King of the hill

Every Body Loves Raymond

Gawain of Orkeny

07-25-2005, 15:24

The Honeymooners
South Park
All in the Family

Steppe Merc

07-25-2005, 17:31

All in the Family is a great show! ~D

Taurus

07-27-2005, 09:36

- Top Gear (definatly one of the best shows ever, Clarkson!)
- Friends (very funny)
- 24 (Very good series all done in real time, very nice work)
- Joey ("how you doin..?")
- The A-Team :Mr-T: ("I ain't getting on no plane! FOOL!")
- The Contender (that boxing series with Sylvester Stallone, amazing)
- Pimp My Ride (very nice car modding, with Xzibit!)
- American Chopper (very cool show, love their bikes)

I also like many others but they are a few of my favourites. ~:cheers:

Byzantine Prince

07-27-2005, 09:42

The Daily Show(I LMAO at least twice an episode)
South Park(seasons 1-6 are classics)
Simpsons
The Office

~:cheers:

Al Khalifah

07-27-2005, 10:32

24 or Family Guy. Both genius in their own (different) way.

Ianofsmeg16

07-27-2005, 12:30

Simpsons
Fururama
RED DWARF (YEAH!!!!!)
Scrubs
south park and
Blackadder

econ21

07-27-2005, 15:31

I agree with Gregoshi, it would have to be Babylon 5. Telling a story over 5 years of real life is admirably ambitious - and boy does it pay off.

More recently, I've been enjoying Scrubs, which is the best comedy show I've ever seen.

Proletariat

07-27-2005, 15:46

Simpsons
Daily Show
Family Guy
Fawlty Towers

Edit: And any documentary on Discovery Times.

(I'm appalled at the popularity of Friends with the Organs who have spoken!)

Colovion

07-27-2005, 20:28

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dgfred

07-27-2005, 21:16

Mine are: :army: anything on the military channel
South Park and Reno 911 for comedy ~D
Baseball or NFL Tonight on ESPN (whatever is in season)

The_Doctor

07-27-2005, 22:30

-Star Trek
-Doctor Who
-Simpsons
-Red Dwarf
-Have I Got News For You
-Deadringers
-The new Battlestar Galactica
-Line of Fire (History show, Nus is sometimes on it)

xemitg

07-28-2005, 02:33

Iron Chef
Daily Show

Alexander the Pretty Good

07-28-2005, 03:12

I'll join the majority with The Simpsons. D'oh!

If I had cable it would be tuned to the History Channel 25 hours a day. But I don't. :furious3:

Other than that, I'm not much of a TV guy. In my youth ( ~;) ) I had some favorites: Histeria (it's where I got my nickname from!), as well as Johnny Quest and Hong Kong Fui (or however you spell it). Rockie and Bulwinkle was awesome! I even had their video game for the original Nintendo (not too good, and I didn't have the skillz to get far at all).

Navaros

07-30-2005, 09:53

some of the very best shows of all-time include:

1. Little House on the Prairie

2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

3. Star Trek

4. Just for Laughs: Gags

5. Super-Human Samurai Syber Squad - yes i know the name is horrendous but this was a truly great show! it was like Power Rangers (Power Rangers was utter garbage in every sense) for the mature, smart adolescent

6. Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

7. Transformers

8. GI Joe

9. Lambchop's Playalong; this was actually a very smart and mature show despite the babyish name. it only truly became babyish when they renamed it to Charlie's Funhouse or something stupid like that. that's when she started reading stories to preschoolers. ~:eek: but crap like that never made it into Lambchop's Playalong!

10. American Gothic

11. The Handler; which was 100 000 times better than all the CSI and Law and Order crap on TV, yet still it mysteriously disappeared from existence way before it's time :furious3:

12. Beavis and Butt-Head; the only cartoon show to ever keep depraved humor as an artform rather than letting it descend into worthless obscenity as all the shows to come after it have done

King Henry V

08-02-2005, 18:42

Coupling (best comedy of all time!)

Gawain of Orkeny

08-02-2005, 19:17

Little House on the Prairie

Please tell me that was a joke.

Laridus Konivaich

08-02-2005, 20:15

Gah! TV is worthless. If I ever watch anything, it is a foreign news channel (US news shows are uber-worthless), but I mostly get my news online, now.

dgfred

08-02-2005, 21:25

Please tell me that was a joke.

My Grandmother never missed an episode of that and 'The Waltons' :dizzy2:

Alexander the Pretty Good

08-03-2005, 00:22

9. Lambchop's Playalong; this was actually a very smart and mature show despite the babyish name. it only truly became babyish when they renamed it to Charlie's Funhouse or something stupid like that. that's when she started reading stories to preschoolers. but crap like that never made it into Lambchop's Playalong!

Hehe. I fully agree. ~:eek: